Skip to main content

Back to all resources

KS4 KS5

The Free9: The Characters of The Free9 - education resource

Directing Drama Performance skills Performing Arts
A green and red artwork featuring a CCTV camera merged with the legs of a human body and the words 'The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell' in white text

Overview

Playwright In-Sook Chappell, director Jennifer Tang and designer Moi Tran discuss the characters of The Free9.

Discussion centres around how a creative team might go about bringing characters to life on stage, through acting, directing and design choices. One in a series of three films which use interviews to explore the play.

Learning outcomes

The Free9 is a set text for GCSE Drama. This film is designed to support the teaching of this text on the curriculum.

Watch

A person mid-speech, wearing a white shirt and gesticulating with their hands
Play Video

The Characters of The Free9

Production information

Dorfman Theatre, 2018 (Connections Festival).

The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell; directed by Nell Hardy; music by Nell Hardy, Mia Clifford & Nicola Chang; choreography by Leah Cadogan.

Suitability

Suitable for 14+/KS4+

Content warning

References to physical violence, drug use and themes some people may find distressing

Keywords

In-Sook Chappell, Jennifer Tang, Laos Nine, North Korea, new writing, immigration, GCSE Drama, Pearson Edexcel

More to explore

The Free9: The World of The Free9 - education resource
KS4 KS5
A green and red artwork featuring a CCTV camera merged with the legs of a human body and the words 'The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell' in white text

The Free9: The World of The Free9 - education resource

Costume, wigs, hair and make-up Directing Drama Performing Arts Playwriting Set design
The Free9: writer and North Korean expert - education resource
KS4 KS5
A green and red artwork featuring a CCTV camera merged with the legs of a human body and the words 'The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell' in white text

The Free9: writer and North Korean expert - education resource

Directing Drama Performing Arts
Practitioners in Practice: Katie Mitchell (Education pack)
KS5

Practitioners in Practice: Katie Mitchell (Education pack)

Directing Lighting, sound, video Performing Arts Production Arts